The Idle Hands – All Night Sinnin
All Night Sinnin’, the fifth album release from Chesterfield’s The Idle Hands, does what you’d expect from a modern-day blues rock combo without straying onto the path of mundane pedestrianism that often waylays lesser acts in a musical genre nowadays championed by greying men old enough to remember the original Brit blues invasion of the sixties.
The Idle Hands deliver the goods, firing on all cylinders to produce an album worthy of a band who enjoy a formidable reputation as a live act, injecting it with the same passion that I’m sure also stokes their stage shows.
All Night Sinnin’ draws on a mixture of influences, with a Zeppelin feel being noticably prevalent, particularly on ’40 Nights’ and ‘Honey Tree’. But there’s shades of Hendrix, Taste, Free, Jeff Beck, Blind Faith, early Cream and even AC-DC interweaved throughout the entire fabric, as well as a classic delta blues framework to songs such as ‘I Don’t Mind’ and ‘A Friend Like You’.
Rick Wakeman has featured the album on his Planet Rock FM show and in the world of British classic rock, such a recommendation is a seal of quality. HFoS agrees with the ex-Yes keyboard noodler and prog elder Statesman that All Night Sinnin’ is worth a listen and one to blow the frosty cobwebs away during the imminent autumnal and winter months.
All Night Sinnin’ is available to buy from the Idle Hands’ website.
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